Table of Contents
List of Maps xv
Map Legend xvi
List of Illustrations xvii
Prologue, England, June 1773-March 1775 1
1 Inspecting the Fleet
2 Avenging the Tea
3 Preparing for War
Part 1
1 God Himself Our Captain 35
Boston, March 6-April 17, 1775
2 Men Came Down from the Clouds 55
Lexington and Concord, April 18-19, 1775
3 I Wish This Cursed Place was Burned 83
Boston and Charlestown, May-June 1775
4 What Shall We Say of Human Nature? 116
Cambridge Camp, July-October 1775
5 I Shall Try to Retard the Evil Hour 141
Into Canada, October-November 1775
6 America is an Ugly Job 164
London, October-November 1775
7 They Fought, Bled, and Died Like Englishmen 182
Norfolk, Virginia, December 1775
8 The Paths of Glory 195
Quebec, December 3, 1775-January 1, 1776
Part 2
9 The Ways of Heaven Are Dark and Intricate 219
Boston, January-February 1776
10 The Whipping Snake 241
Cork, Ireland, and Moore's Creek, North Carolina, January-March 1776
11 City of Our Solemnities 257
Boston, March 1776
12 A Strange Reverse of Fortune 273
Quebec, April-June 1776
13 Surrounded by Enemies, Open and Concealed 297
New York, June 1776
14 A Dog in a Dancing School 323
Charleston, South Carolina, June 1776
15 A Fight among Wolves 348
New York, July-August 1776
16 A Sentimental Manner of Making War 380
New York, September 1776
Part 3
17 Master of the Lakes 405
Lake Champlain, October 1776
18 The Retrograde Motion of Things 431
New York, October-November 1776
19 A Quaker in Paris 465
France, November-December 1776
20 Fire-And-Sword Men 485
New Jersey, December 1776
21 The Smiles of Providence 511
Trenton, December 24-26, 1776
22 The Day Is Our Own 530
Trenton and Princeton, January 1777
Epilogue, England and America, 1777 555
Author's Note 565
Notes 567
Sources 703
Acknowledgments 747
Index 753